MARTIN, William Leonard
| Service Number: | 734 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Asphalter |
| Died: | Illness - Enteric Fever, 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 18 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row F, Grave 25, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 734, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement 734, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked 734, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 734, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 734 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-10-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Signed a Staturory Decalration saying that he had previously enlisted at Harold William Burton
Brother of Harold William Martin, Stanley Martin, Mrs D. Andrews and Miss M. Martin
Husband of Elsie Martin of Ryde House, 399 Upper Queen Street, Auckalnd later in a Mental Institution, NZ. Father of Alexander Francis Martin and Rita Martin
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his sister Mrs Robert Wilson of John Street, Auckland to be held in trust for his son Alexander Martin
Also served in the Newtown Rifles for about 4 years, and the Citizen Military Forces